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Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur is excited. Her new Telarc release, Fanning the Flames, (which was recorded in Louisiana at Dockside Studios) has just debuted on Billboard’s Blues charts in the good company […]
October: The Festival Month
Editor’s Note: In addition to the sumptuous weather of October (our photographers tell us that its positively the best time of year to shoot outdoors–Magic Hour around the clock), the […]
Leroy Jones: A Traditional Non-Traditionalist
“The way I play New Orleans traditional jazz is not exactly in the traditional way,” says trumpeter/vocalist Leroy Jones. “I think it’s where the traditional music has evolved.” Jones, whose […]
Fest Focus: The Paulin Family
“A Fellow can’t learn you no jazz, you’ve got to learn that yourself,” says Ernest “Doc” Paulin who has played traditional jazz for some 68 of his 88 years. A […]
Percy Humphrey (1905-1995)
He was the last of the legendary Humphrey Brothers, the unflappable pair who stared into the faces of the hundreds of thousands of traditional jazz fans that passed through Preservation […]
Mr. Harold Dejan: A Life in Music Examined
Harold “Duke” Dejan, the 86-year-old leader of Dejan’s Olympia Brass Band, had come to the backyard studio of producer/Olympia trumpet player Milton Batiste on this April morning to be interviewed. […]
Kermit Ruffins Comes Out Swingin’
The Treme district is soggy under a lifeless gray sky on this chilly Sunday afternoon in February, but the sunny disposition of Kermit Ruffins refuses to be dampened. The neighborhood’s […]
Kermit Ruffins: Home Boy
When the idea of a lunchtime interview is floated to Kermit Ruffins, he immediately suggests the Little People’s Place as a rendezvous point. It is easy to understand why. One […]
Club Scout
Let’s presume: you’re reading this issue of OffBeat so you’re probably in New Orleans and not, thankfully, somewhere ridiculous. You are already aware of that massive smorgasbord of music in […]
Club Scouting
Music die-hards with enough energy left after a long day at the Fair Grounds will want to check out New Orleans’ music clubs. Besides the many special events the clubs […]
